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northway · Joined: 05 Jul 2010

You could always pull a legit soju bender the night before and conveniently forget to shower before going to meet your boss. He might think better of his brilliant marketing ploy.

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

nomad-ish · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:08 pm Post subject:

the OP really only has 2 choices:

1) say no over and over again and don't show up even if the boss has put his name on the schedule. there will probably be some fall out over this.

2) go on sunday and be subject to further demands by his boss later, because he is now deemed a push-over.

sorry to say, it's a lose-lose situation.

WadRUG'naDoo · Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Location: Shanghai

NYC_Gal · Joined: 08 Dec 2009

I like the smelly drunk option.

nomad-ish · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject:

oldfatfarang · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: On the road to somewhere.

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TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

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nomad-ish · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:06 pm Post subject:

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jonpurdy · Joined: 08 Jan 2009 Location: Ulsan

I'm not really sure why this is still up for debate.

-It's on a Sunday.
-It's unpaid.

Just say no (reiterating that even if it's on the schedule you will not be attending).

Kaypea · Joined: 09 Oct 2008

jrwhite82 · Joined: 22 May 2010

This is crazy. Take the schedule and go to him and calmly say, "I can not make it to this event. I told you repeatedly that I am unavailable on Saturdays and Sundays. I will not be there on Sunday, so you should make other arrangements."

I rarely think teachers should resort to the "It is not in my contract" agruement if you can avoid it, but this calls for it. If your contract says M-F then its settled. If it doesn't tell him you took this job under the assumption that it did not include weekend work. And remind him of how he told you the schedule before you started. And that you flat out refuse to do weekend work. Or tell him you'll do it for 3 months if he throws in 6 days of paid vacation. Tell him you want to be paid for it. Get something out of it

I'd be surprised how many kids are home on Sunday to begin with. I am 90% sure this house visit idea will happen twice and never happen again.

Do not do this to avoid an arguement. This one is worth fighting.

Also, start getting your documents in order and job searching. Be prepared to be fired just in case he is totally unreasonable. (which it sounds like he might actually be.)

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

This.

WadRUG'naDoo · Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Location: Shanghai

I can't write on here what I would say to your boss if I were in your shoes.

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Many hagwon bosses are as you describe, lacking in mental capacity and especially managerial skills, however He/she is still the boss.

Being able to avoid situations like this without offending your boss is a beneficial quality to have.

I wanted to add that I think it's highly likely that the boss/school in question would be getting paid for this little scheme,

while he expects the FT to just work for free. Rolling Eyes

It may be wise to be looking into other options, as any boss that would hatch such and idea is likely to have more such gems up his sleeve.